Press Release Archives - Invest Africa

10 Sep

Gilles Vaes: Working across PIDG to maximise our impact

I would like to take this opportunity to step back and take stock of all that has occurred in the last three to four months. With colleagues from across PIDG, I have been reflecting upon the huge effort that has taken place to keep originating

10 Sep

Knight Frank Residential & Office Dashboards Record Decline in Rents In Major African Cities

Invest Africa

Knight Frank has released the Africa Residential and Office Dashboards that provides occupiers, landlords, and investors with regular analysis of the rental performance and trends of prime residential and office markets across Africa. The H1 2020 dashboards examined the residential and office market performance in

12 Aug

CDCI Selects Agility Logistics Park in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire

Invest Africa

ABIDJAN, Cote D’Ivoire – August 11, 2020 – Agility, a leading global logistics and warehousing provider, has leased warehouse space in the Agility Logistics Park (ALP) in Abidjan to CDCI, Cote D’Ivoire’s top retailer, for a new nationwide warehousing and distribution centre. CDCI, which operates supermarkets

05 Aug

YPO Africa and Invest Africa Partner to Further Scale YPO’s Lead COVID-19 Response Impact Initiatives

Invest Africa

YPO Africa and Invest Africa Partner to Further Scale YPO’s Lead COVID-19 Response Impact Initiatives Cape Town, 5 August 2020 ‒ Today, YPO Africa, a global leadership community of chief executives, and Invest Africa, the leading trade and investment platform for Africa, announced that they

03 Aug

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) appoints new joint-MDs

Invest Africa

London and Cape Town, 3 August 2020: African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), a member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments and Africa’s most experienced infrastructure manager, has appointed two joint-managing directors to be based in Cape Town and Lagos, following the retirement of the company’s previous

16 Jul

Cyber Quotient Evaluation from Aon

Invest Africa

With remote work now being the ‘new normal’, the threat of a cyber-attack has increased and is near imminent. The rapid changes to working patterns to quickly and in many cases unexpectantly incorporate Remote Work has led to enlarged cyber vulnerabilities and security fall outs.

15 Jul

S-RM: Dealing in Uncertainty: Diligence & Integrity Risks in a Recovering World

Invest Africa

The unprecedented healthcare and economic challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have seen governments globally resort to drastic measures in a bid to save both lives and livelihoods. Now, as thoughts turn to recovery, attention is shifting to fiscal measures that – if successful

14 Jul

Cross-Border Information: Covid-19 causes near standstill in Q1 power generation growth

Invest Africa

13 July 2020 The latest figures from African Energy Live Data suggest that Q1 2020 saw the lowest generation capacity additions in Africa for at least 20 years, with no new on-grid generation from February after coronavirus halted construction and commissioning Key takeaways: Net capacity of only

08 Jul

‘This will be Africa’s century’: Tony Blair calls for renewed focus on governance to drive Africa’s post-Covid recovery in live broadcast to global investors

Invest Africa

Press Release – For immediate release - 7/07/2020 ‘This will be Africa’s century’: Tony Blair calls for renewed focus on governance to drive Africa’s post-Covid recovery in live broadcast to global investors In a live broadcast to investors and private sector leaders hosted by Invest

08 Jul

InfraCo Africa: Underpinning COVID-19 preparedness with access to clean water

Invest Africa

7 July 2020 InfraCo Africa, with funding from the Private Infrastructure Development Group Technical Assistance (PIDG TA), is working with the team at Western Power Company (WPC) in Zambia’s Western Province to prepare communities close to the Ngonye Falls hydropower project site for the challenge

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